Optima - Glass Partitioning Systems

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has major offices in all major cities across the United Kingdom and operates across a global network, delivering world class banking and financial services.


London Architect Sheppard Robson and contractor ISG designed and managed the interior fit out of 12 floors of the London Bishopsgate building using glass and drywall partitions from Optima. The works in this building were spread over 2 distinct phases over a period of 1 year. Phase 1 consisted of the fitting out of the Executive area situated on the first floor. This floor had to exactly replicate the Executive area at RBS's Gogarburn Headquarters in Edinburgh. This was an extremely tight programme with high specification finishes.


The product installation during phase 1 consisted of Revolution 69 mullion-free double glazing, flush double glazed doors and single glazed doors on rails. Glass to partitions and doors was fully ink backed to mimic the Gogarburn scheme, and glass modules featured Optima's patented Nebula™ invisible dry joint.


Phase 2 was a combination of many smaller projects spread across all of the office floors from level 1 to level 12. This was a very demanding project as the work had to take place within an occupied RBS building and the successful completion of each floor affected the move of RBS staff to release another floor. The product installation in phase 2 consisted of a mixture of Optima 97 Advanced System drywall, kinetic sliding doors, flush double glazed doors, Revolution 69 mullion-free double glazing, Optima 117 single glazing and Forster fire rated lobby screens.